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School: Kentstown (roll number 1599)

Location:
Kentstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Lúasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0684, Page 388

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    Name of Field
    Owners name, Address of Owner,
    Size of Field
    Derivation of Name
    Clon-Reagh
    Owned by Mr. Benjamin Boles, Follistown, Navan. The area of the field is about eleven acres
    Origin of the name Unknown
    The mine-hole
    Also owned Mr. B. Boles of Follistown, Navan. Area of field- about six acres.
    Probably got its name from a coal mine that once supplied the neighbours with coal.
    The Purthies
    This field is owned by Mr. Pat Mullen Follistown, Navan. It consists of about twenty six acres
    Derivation Unknown
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Kentstown, Co. Meath
    Collector
    Kathleen Tully
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Realtoge, Co. Meath